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How to manage your organisations constantly evolving IT network requirements

Dont forget the Network

Bob Tarzey Clive Longbottom,

Analyst and Director, Quocirca Service Director, Quocirca Ltd


December 8th, 2011 2011 Quocirca Ltd

Cloud computing mobility Consumerisation video


collaboration

What constitutes your network?

Not just more applications, but ones that are more and more demanding on the network

Heterogeneity of supply Service providers Equipment providers

Many more

Causes of application failure

Most often the network

How many mission-critical applications does your business track?

100 US and UK enterprises

The rise and rise of the application

New Quocirca research sponsored by Veracode (full report in Jan 2012)

Desktop virtualisation expected to continue to increase making user even more network reliant

The collaborative environment


Multiple devices and user interfaces
Centralised resources - Messaging - Document sharing - Conferencing

Etc...

And for good (and bad) reasons users invoke their own choice of network apps , over the internet.

. and mobile networks

Source: Economist Beyond the PC Oct 2011

Do you allow employees to use their own devices to access data and certain applications?

from their own devices

often

Source: Quocirca The data sharing paradox Sept 2011

Data centres are more and more virtualised


How much of your data centre server hardware is virtualised? (900 global enterprises)

Source: Quocirca, Next Generation Datacentres Index Cycle I May 2011

Updated report coming in 2012

SMBs are virtualising too


SMB virtualisation (200 UK and German SMBs)

Source: Quocirca Unpublished Dec 2010

Virtualisation makes it easy to extend beyond the data centre

Growth in use of cloud source Nov 2009, Goldman Sachs IT Spending Survey

Cisco global cloud index Nov 2011

Hybridised computing further stretches networks


Private infrastructure Server Server Hybrid cloud Public cloud infrastructure

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Cloud service provider

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Cloud service provider

Private cloud

Corporate firewall

A growing range of on-demand services

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

SaaS expected to dominate

2011 Quocirca Ltd

Importance of metrics for measuring the performance

Web-enabled applications and the internet, Quocirca 2007 400 European senior European managers

How to achieve the holy grail?

A well-managed high-availability, highperformance and secure network

A value proposition for network services

Reduced and stabilised running costs


Utilisation of assets Review of services Minimum service levels Data centre support End point support Control energy usage Flexible working

Mitigated business risk


Predict changing usage patterns Business continuity Effective security and compliance Effective network access control Secure and effective use of wireless Accommodate new applications Predict effects of major configuration changes and service usage

Increased business value


Cloud readiness Embrace consumerisation Confident of user experience Reliable business processes Ability to cope with quantum change Reduced pressure on IT staff The network becomes a platform for a more sustainable business

Conclusion
The network underpins your business and therefore the performance of your people If your network is not optimised, neither is your business As your use of applications transforms the network must evolve Only by fully utilising and optimising the network and the people, application and processes it supports can your business reach its full potential

Thank you All Quocirca reports freely available at: http://www.quocirca.com


Bob Tarzey bob.tarzey@quocirca.com

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